1968 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 86-75 .534
Result: 3rd in American League
Manager(s): Alvin Dark
General Manager: Gabe Paul
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 857,994
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Leon Wagner (34)
Youngest Player: Mike Hedlund (21)
Longest Tenure: Sam McDowell (8)
Top Hitter: Jose Cardenal (20)
Top Pitcher: Luis Tiant (4)
Top Draft Pick: Robert Weaver (#6)

Roster Continuity: 63.77%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	103	59	.636	--
Baltimore	91	71	.562	12.0
Cleveland	86	75	.534	16.5
Boston	86	76	.531	17.0
NY Yankees	83	79	.512	20.0
Oakland	82	80	.506	21.0
Minnesota	79	83	.488	24.0
Chi White Sox	67	95	.414	36.0
California	67	95	.414	36.0
Washington	65	96	.404	37.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
1	Jose Cardenal	of	20	24	UDFA: 1961	MLB	157	583	78	150	21	7	7	44	40	18	39	74	2	3	2	3	3	.257	.305	.353	658	206	629	459	69	4.1	.283
16	Larry Brown	ss-2b	37	28	-	MLB	154	495	43	116	18	3	6	35	1	1	43	46	5	10	6	4	12	.234	.300	.319	619	158	553	402	52	3.5	.246
11	Tony Horton	1b	42	23	-	MLB	133	477	57	119	29	3	14	59	3	1	34	56	3	5	1	2	8	.249	.302	.411	713	196	517	370	67	4.9	.257
10	Max Alvis	3b	70	30	-	MLB	131	452	38	101	17	3	8	37	5	5	41	91	4	5	3	3	11	.223	.292	.327	619	148	503	373	41	3.0	.261
9	Duke Sims	c	43	27	UDFA: 1959	MLB	122	361	48	90	21	0	11	44	1	3	62	68	5	11	0	1	8	.249	.366	.399	765	144	429	283	57	5.4	.279
6	Joe Azcue	c	-	28	-	MLB	115	357	23	100	10	0	4	42	1	1	28	33	0	5	2	2	9	.280	.331	.342	672	122	389	271	43	4.2	.298
26	Lee Maye	of	-	33	-	MLB	109	299	20	84	13	2	4	26	0	0	15	24	1	0	0	1	4	.281	.316	.378	694	113	316	220	40	5.0	.294
17	Chico Salmon	2b-ss	-	27	-	MLB	103	276	24	59	8	1	3	12	7	7	12	30	3	0	5	1	5	.214	.253	.283	536	78	297	235	18	2.1	.230
13	Vern Fuller	2b	-	24	-	MLB	97	244	14	59	8	2	0	18	2	2	24	49	4	2	3	3	5	.242	.316	.291	607	71	278	198	22	3.0	.298
21	Tommy Harper	of-3b	80	27	UDFA: 1960	MLB	130	235	26	51	15	2	6	26	11	7	26	56	1	2	2	2	3	.217	.295	.374	670	88	266	198	27	3.6	.257
27	Russ Snyder	of	-	34	-	MLB	68	217	30	61	8	2	2	23	1	1	25	21	0	0	3	1	5	.281	.354	.364	718	79	246	166	31	5.1	.303
22	Lou Johnson	of	-	33	-	MLB	65	202	25	52	11	1	5	23	6	1	9	24	4	2	0	3	4	.257	.298	.396	694	80	218	158	27	4.6	.267
14	Dave Nelson	2b-3b	60	24	UDFA: 1964	MLB	88	189	26	44	4	5	0	19	23	7	17	35	1	0	6	3	1	.233	.295	.307	602	58	216	162	19	3.2	.280
25	Vic Davalillo	of	30	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	51	180	15	43	2	3	2	13	8	6	3	19	1	0	1	1	2	.239	.254	.317	571	57	186	147	14	2.5	.256
20	Jimmie Hall	of	-	30	-	MLB	53	111	4	22	4	0	1	8	1	0	10	19	0	3	0	0	2	.198	.264	.261	526	29	121	91	7	2.0	.231
15	Billy Harris	2b-3b	-	24	1966-27-531	MLB	38	94	10	20	5	1	0	3	2	0	8	22	0	0	1	0	4	.213	.275	.287	562	27	103	79	6	2.1	.278
33	Luis Tiant	p	52	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	34	87	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	11	0	1	.080	.080	.092	172	8	98	92	-5	-1.5	.096
48	Sam McDowell	p	-	25	UDFA: 1960	MLB	38	85	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	35	1	0	6	1	1	.153	.189	.153	342	13	96	80	-3	-0.9	.255
42	Sonny Siebert	p	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	33	70	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	23	2	0	5	0	1	.157	.192	.200	392	14	78	65	0	-0.1	.234
35	Stan Williams	p	-	31	-	MLB	44	56	3	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	30	0	0	4	0	0	.161	.217	.179	395	10	64	51	-1	-0.6	.346
28	Richie Scheinblum	of	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	19	55	3	12	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	8	1	0	0	3	2	.218	.281	.309	590	17	64	48	5	3.0	.240
29	Jose Vidal	of	-	28	-	MLB	37	54	5	9	0	0	2	5	3	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.196	.278	474	15	56	45	2	1.2	.189
34	Steve Hargan	p	-	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	32	51	3	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	15	0	0	1	0	1	.176	.192	.216	408	11	53	45	0	-0.2	.250
27	Leon Wagner	of	-	34	-	MLB	38	49	5	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	2	.184	.273	.265	538	13	55	42	4	2.3	.209
22	Willie Smith	of-1b	-	29	-	MLB	33	42	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	1	2	0	1	1	.143	.213	.190	403	8	47	38	0	-0.1	.207
39	Mike Paul	p	-	23	1967-20-389	MLB	36	24	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.200	.167	367	4	26	21	-1	-1.2	.364
24	Lou Klimchock	3b-2b	-	28	-	MLB	11	15	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.133	.176	.133	310	2	17	14	0	0.2	.125
43	Vicente Romo	p	-	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	40	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	2	18	16	0	-0.5	.182
32	Eddie Fisher	p	-	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	54	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	0	13	12	-1	-3.0	.000
7	Ken Suarez	c	-	25	-	MLB	17	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.182	.100	282	1	11	10	-1	-1.9	.143
31	Horacio Pina	p	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
23	Lou Piniella	of	-	24	UDFA: 1962	MLB	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
46	Hal Kurtz	p	-	25	-	MLB	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
25	Russ Nagelson	of	-	23	1966-14-272	MLB	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	933	1	5	2	1	10.8	1.000
24	Eddie Leon	ss-2b	-	21	1967-2-35	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
38	Billy Rohr	p	-	22	-	MLB	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							161	5416	516	1266	210	36	75	476	115	61	427	858	39	51	69	37	96	.234	.293	.327	620	1773	5988	4413	534	3.3	.263

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
48	Sam McDowell	5	25	UDFA: 1960	MLB	15	14	1.81	38	37	11	3	0	0	269.0	181	78	54	13	110	283	7	1	1.08	6.06	0.43	3.68	9.47	0.39	.253	1.02
33	Luis Tiant	4	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	21	9	1.60	34	32	19	9	0	0	258.1	152	53	46	16	73	264	3	0	0.87	5.30	0.56	2.54	9.20	0.28	.218	0.68
42	Sonny Siebert	26	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	12	10	2.97	31	30	8	4	0	0	206.0	145	76	68	12	88	146	7	0	1.13	6.33	0.52	3.84	6.38	0.60	.231	1.03
35	Stan Williams	18	31	-	MLB	13	11	2.50	44	24	6	2	16	9	194.1	163	64	54	14	51	147	1	0	1.10	7.55	0.65	2.36	6.81	0.35	.264	0.81
34	Steve Hargan	47	25	UDFA: 1961	MLB	8	15	4.15	32	27	4	2	3	0	158.1	139	81	73	11	81	78	4	0	1.39	7.90	0.63	4.60	4.43	1.04	.263	0.98
32	Eddie Fisher	48	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	4	2	2.85	54	0	0	0	24	4	94.2	87	36	30	8	17	42	6	0	1.10	8.27	0.76	1.62	3.99	0.40	.262	0.92
39	Mike Paul	-	23	1967-20-389	MLB	5	8	3.93	36	7	0	0	13	3	91.2	72	42	40	11	35	87	0	1	1.17	7.07	1.08	3.44	8.54	0.40	.254	0.54
43	Vicente Romo	43	25	UDFA: 1965	MLB	5	3	1.62	40	1	0	0	29	12	83.1	43	15	15	5	32	54	4	0	0.90	4.64	0.54	3.46	5.83	0.59	.172	0.83
46	Hal Kurtz	-	25	-	MLB	1	0	5.21	28	0	0	0	12	1	38.0	37	24	22	2	15	16	4	0	1.37	8.76	0.47	3.55	3.79	0.94	.276	1.48
31	Horacio Pina	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	1	1	1.72	12	3	0	0	3	2	31.1	24	7	6	0	15	24	0	0	1.24	6.89	0.00	4.31	6.89	0.63	.279	1.00
38	Billy Rohr	-	22	-	MLB	1	0	6.87	17	0	0	0	7	1	18.1	18	16	14	5	10	5	1	0	1.53	8.84	2.45	4.91	2.45	2.00	.224	1.13
37	Steve Bailey	-	26	-	MLB	0	1	3.60	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	1.20	7.20	1.80	3.60	1.80	2.00	.200	0.40
22	Willie Smith	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.60	3.60	0.00	1.80	1.80	1.00	.133	0.44
40	Darrell Sutherland	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	8.10	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	6	3	3	0	4	2	3	0	3.00	16.20	0.00	10.80	5.40	2.00	.429	0.60
44	Tommy Gramly	-	23	1966-4-75	MLB	0	1	2.70	3	0	0	0	3	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.50	8.10	0.00	5.40	2.70	2.00	.273	1.25
38	Rob Gardner	-	23	UDFA: 1963	MLB	0	0	6.75	5	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	3	2	0	2	6	0	0	2.62	16.87	0.00	6.75	20.25	0.33	.833	0.00
36	Mike Hedlund	-	21	UDFA: 1964	MLB	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.80	32.40	0.00	10.80	0.00	--	.545	1.50
Totals: (36 players)						86	75	2.66	161	161	48	20	113	32	1,464	1087	504	432	75	540	1157	42	2	1.16	6.68	0.60	3.32	7.11	0.47	.250

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Azcue	C	97		699	50	3	11	.996	0.00
Duke Sims	C	84		523	41	10	7	.983	0.00
Ken Suarez	C	12		22	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ray Fosse	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Horton	1B	128		972	63	8	80	.992	0.00
Duke Sims	1B	31		191	19	6	16	.972	0.00
Chico Salmon	1B	11		28	2	1	3	.968	0.00
Willie Smith	1B	7		51	2	0	5	1.000	0.00
Lou Klimchock	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lee Maye	1B	1		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Mike Paul	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Russ Snyder	1B	1		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jose Vidal	1B	1		6	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vern Fuller	2B	73		112	129	3	24	.988	0.00
Dave Nelson	2B	59		115	114	3	26	.987	0.00
Chico Salmon	2B	45		76	92	5	18	.971	0.00
Billy Harris	2B	27		35	61	3	9	.970	0.00
Tommy Harper	2B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lou Klimchock	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ken Suarez	2B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Max Alvis	3B	128		114	202	13	18	.960	0.00
Vern Fuller	3B	23		21	21	3	1	.933	0.00
Chico Salmon	3B	18		13	20	1	2	.971	0.00
Billy Harris	3B	10		4	9	1	2	.929	0.00
Lou Klimchock	3B	4		0	2	2	0	.500	0.00
Ken Suarez	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Larry Brown	SS	154		255	371	22	70	.966	0.00
Chico Salmon	SS	15		24	31	1	6	.982	0.00
Dave Nelson	SS	14		9	13	1	1	.957	0.00
Eddie Leon	SS	6		3	5	0	3	1.000	0.00
Vern Fuller	SS	4		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Billy Harris	SS	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cardenal	OF	153		367	12	10	7	.974	0.00
Tommy Harper	OF	115		121	0	2	0	.984	0.00
Lee Maye	OF	80		123	4	2	0	.984	0.00
Lou Johnson	OF	57		87	5	1	1	.989	0.00
Russ Snyder	OF	54		106	4	1	3	.991	0.00
Vic Davalillo	OF	49		84	4	3	1	.967	0.00
Jimmie Hall	OF	29		57	1	1	1	.983	0.00
Jose Vidal	OF	26		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Richie Scheinblum	OF	16		34	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chico Salmon	OF	13		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Leon Wagner	OF	10		3	0	3	0	.500	0.00
Duke Sims	OF	4		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lou Piniella	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willie Smith	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Suarez	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Fisher	P	54	94	9	18	0	1	1.000	2.58
Stan Williams	P	44	194	7	27	1	2	.971	1.58
Vicente Romo	P	40	83	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.84
Sam McDowell	P	38	269	10	30	4	7	.909	1.34
Mike Paul	P	36	91	3	9	1	0	.923	1.18
Luis Tiant	P	34	258	15	19	1	2	.971	1.19
Steve Hargan	P	32	158	14	16	3	1	.909	1.71
Sonny Siebert	P	31	206	18	33	4	2	.927	2.23
Hal Kurtz	P	28	38	0	5	1	1	.833	1.18
Billy Rohr	P	17	18	1	4	1	0	.833	2.49
Horacio Pina	P	12	31	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.45
Rob Gardner	P	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Tommy Gramly	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Mike Hedlund	P	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	7.50
Darrell Sutherland	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Steve Bailey	P	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Willie Smith	P	2	5	1	1	0	1	1.000	3.60

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